7 Benefits of a College Education

A college grad earns more than a non-grad. The earnings gap between Millennials with a bachelor’s degree and those without is widening year over year.

Benefits go beyond financial earnings. Millennials with college degrees have lower unemployment rate and poverty rates than those without degrees. College-educated Millennials are more likely to be married and less likely to be living in their parents’ home.

College grads find more satisfaction with their jobs. Millennials with college degrees see themselves as having a career path, instead of just a job to pay the bills.

The cost of not going to college is rising. Compared to earlier generations,Millennials with only a high school diploma are suffering more economically.

College grads agree that a college degree is worth it. Nearly nine out of ten college graduates state that college is or will be worth the investment.

College majors matter more than you know. Science and engineering majors are more likely to stay in a career related to their field of study than other majors. They are also the least likely to say that another major would have better prepared them for the jobs they really desired.

Hey, Tessa! Thanks for commenting. College can be expensive. A good way to start, though, is to begin at a local community college, which tends to be cheaper. You can start your college degree journey there, and then work your way toward a four-year university. Good luck!

I thought the fact about going to college is expensive but not going to college can cost half of that. So if you don’t go to college it can cost you a lot. And so you should go to college so you do not have to pay half as much as you would going to college and you get a good education that goes along with the money.